"Yes!"
Having received permission, the two slowly retreated behind Mo Li.
"...My lord... will Lord Rimuru win this battle?"
After hesitating for a moment, Xiao looked at the battle in the sky and asked Mo Li worriedly.
"No need to worry. This battle had already been decided from the very beginning. And... it will be over soon."
Mo Li silently looked toward the battlefield that belonged solely to Ciel and Velgrend.
Just as Mo Li had said, this battle was indeed nearing its end!
Above the Imperial Capital.
On the battlefield between the True Dragon and the Demon Lord.
As if sensing Mo Li's arrival, Ciel turned her head and looked down below.
Likewise, Mo Li did the same, and their gazes met.
Feeling the gaze from those eyes—indifferent and emotionless, calm as still water, like those of a god—Mo Li understood.
"So the one controlling the body now is Ciel, the Divine Consciousness Core. So this is a Divine Consciousness Core... truly extraordinary."
Mo Li muttered softly to himself.
Although King of Wisdom had possessed Rimuru's body several times before, every time had been different from this one.
It was as though... she had been sublimated.
So this was what they called a Divine Consciousness Core.
In the sky, sensing the sacred, inviolable, and boundless aura below, Ciel frowned slightly.
With just one glance, Ciel identified him.
Across the entire continent, there was only one person with such presence and pressure!
The Martial God—Morax!
[...Still impossible to see through or analyze. Mystery level raised to maximum.] [Current priority: defeat the Burning Dragon, Velgrend.]
After glancing at Mo Li and discovering that she still could not analyze him completely, Ciel turned her gaze back toward Velgrend opposite her.
There would be plenty of chances to analyze and study